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Spears’ parenting mishaps inspire baby safety awareness campaign (New Kerala) - Washington: Pop star Britney Spears’ parenting mishaps are being used to make a positive difference by minor league baseball team the Newark, New Jersey Bears.

JOHN ROSEMOND: AFFIRMATIVE PARENTING: Address son's hickey as an issue of self-respect (Contra Costa Times) - Q: My 17-year-old son came home with a large red hickey on his neck, presumably given to him by his girlfriend. I'm inclined to forbid them from seeing one another for a month or so, but I know from reading your column throughout the years that you would probably call that micromanagement. What would you recommend I do?

SENIOR CALENDAR (The Wichita Eagle) - Parenting the Second Time Around, for grandparents raising grandchildren, 6:15 to 7:45 p.m. Monday and Aug. 21, Kansas Children's Service League, 1365 N. Custer. Call B.J. Gore, 316-942-4261, ext. 1315, or e-mail bjgore@kcsl.org.

Business briefcase (River Valley Business Report) - Coulee Parenting Connection, a bi-monthly magazine devoted to improving family life in the Coulee Region, celebrated its five-year publishing anniversary by donating $825 to the La Crosse Community Foundation.

Spears mistakes inspire child safety (newkerala.com) Updated: 2006-08-03 11:42 (China Daily) - Pop star Britney Spears' parenting mistakes are being used by a baseball team to make a positive difference. According to contactmusic.com, Spears was criticised earlier in the year for driving her then eight-month-old son in her lap and then later had him in a car seat facing the wrong direction.

Her 15 minutes of fame (Town Online) - State Sen. Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, whose district includes Sherborn, has had a busy year. In addition to his State House duties, he’s fast becoming an expert in parenting a budding "American Idol."

Take the First Steps to Parenting class (Daily Tribune) - HIBBING — A two-night series of free prenatal childcare classes titled, First Steps to Parenting, is scheduled for two consecutive Tuesdays, Aug. 8 and 15, and wil be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the multipurpose rooms at Fairview University Medical Center- Mesabi.

Taking Care Of Grandma And Grandpa (CBS News) - An emerging trend sees grandchildren looking after grandparents. Parenting magazine Senior Editor Josh Lerman stopped by The Early Show to talk about it.

Parenting: There's not just one road to kindergarten (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Q. My son, 2, goes to day care in another school district; the owner is a lifelong friend. We want him to start preschool when he's 3 or 4. Is it better for him to do this in our hometown so he'll get to know the kids he'll be going to kindergarten with?

Federated Media launches second blog network (Market Watch) - John Battelle's Federated Media Publishing has rolled out its second "meta-weblog" and has plans for four more. The founder of Wired and Industry Standard magazines said the idea for combining almost a dozen parenting Web logs came from one of the writers at Federated's original network, the tech-focused BoingBoing.